PAZMMPA

El Tajín National Airport

Poza Rica, Mexico

Latin America America/Mexico_City

3direct destinations

2airlines

1runway

1,800 mLongest runway

Poza Rica Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Poza Rica); officially Aeropuerto Nacional El Tajín (El Tajín National Airport) (IATA: PAZ, ICAO: MMPA) is an airport located in Tihuatlán, Veracruz, Mexico. It serves domestic flights for Poza Rica and Tuxpan in Veracruz, while also supporting various executive and general aviation activities. Operated by Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares, a federal government-owned corporation, the airport takes its name from El Tajín, a pre-Columbian archaeological site in Northern Veracruz. In 2025, the airport handled 1,997 passengers. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Poza Rica Airport saw significant operations, largely driven by the substantial volume of passengers associated with the petroleum industry. While Aeromexico and Aeromar previously served the airport, most commercial flights were suspended by 2020. Since 2023, it has experienced intermittent service by the regional airline Aerus, with flights to Reynosa, Tampico, Veracruz, and Villahermosa.

Location

20.603°N, 97.461°O · 151 m s. n. m. (497 ft)

General data

CountryMexico

CityPoza Rica

IATA codePAZ

ICAO codeMMPA

Coordinates20.603°N, 97.461°O

Elevation151 m s. n. m. (497 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Mexico_City

Runways1

Longest runway1,800 m

OperatorAeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares

Direct destinations3

Official website

Runways · 1

08/26

Length1,800 m5,906 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Airlines operating here · 2

Other airlines with direct routes

Aeromar AeroMéxico

Route network according to OpenFlights (open route database). It may not reflect recent schedule changes.

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, September 27). El Tajín National Airport (PAZ). Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PAZ

MLA

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_paz,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{El Tajín National Airport (PAZ)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-09-27},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PAZ},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PAZ}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-16},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}

Wikipedia

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